

A high degree of personalisation is available too, allowing users to programme shortcuts and rearrange individual panels to suit different screen setups. Library, tether, shape and style are the four options that are immediately apparent on opening the programme, and within these tabs, you’ll find familiar editing options like colour grading, tone curve adjustment, rotation and crop as well as the option to apply styles, presets and creative edits to your images. It’s a nice feature that allows a quicker workflow when dealing with a large number of images taken on different shoots on different days, for example. There are some key differences in terms of the overall design of the programme to the likes of Adobe Lightroom and the previously reviewed DxO PhotoLab, in that most actions happen from the same screen, without having to swap between a ‘library’ and a ‘develop’ mode – the same options are available but are just tabbed off to the right of the screen.
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Capture One Pro 23 at Wex Photo Video for £299.It’s a sleek and intuitive design and it manages to strike a balance between functionality and aesthetics, with perhaps in our opinion the pendulum somewhat swaying to the former – it’s clear from the outset that this is a piece of software designed primarily to get stuff done.

Interface design in many of the software tools available on the market at the moment is similar, and Capture One follows a pattern that’s well-known by most photographers working across a range of platforms. (Image credit: Future / Capture One / Jacob Little)
